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n

An ongoing act or a condition that interferes with anotherÂ’s use or inhabitation of real property.
abatable nuisance
A nuisance that may easily be repaired or avoided.
attractive nuisance
A potentially dangerous element or entity on real property that may attract people, especially children, to use it to their own harm; for example, a swimming pool.
attractive nuisance doctrine
See attractive nuisance doctrine.
mixed nuisance
A nuisance that affects both public and private interests.
nuisance per se
A nuisance that is very dangerous, or in some other way beyond conventional bounds of acceptability and risk, one that has certainty.  
private nuisance
A nuisance that affects private ownership interests.
public nuisance
A nuisance that interferes with public interests, including those in health, safety, and transportation.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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